Michael Ball

Michael Ball

27-Jun-1962


United Kingdom


Actor

Michael Ashley Ball, OBE is an English actor, singer and broadcaster. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of Les Misérables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera.

QUOTES BY Michael Ball


Legally we have integration, social acceptance and diversity... but that doesn't mean... everybody is down with it.

I love the genre of early Hollywood. It gives you everything.

We've all sort of been there: It's coming on Christmas, all that preparation is going on, and you just want to escape. You don't want to buy into it. It's a time of year that brings up a lot of memories for people, and if you're missing somebody, it's hardest at this time of year.

I'm not a big fan of Christmas, and I think there are a lot of people who feel a bit melancholy at the holiday.

You often take the mick out of the people you like best.

I'd rather take the mick out of myself before anyone else does. I know they'll do it, so I'd rather get in there first!

When I was playing Marius in the inaugural production of 'Les Mis,' I contracted glandular fever which developed into a post-viral depression. I was 23 and I couldn't see any light at the end of the tunnel.

To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.

I'd love to explore South America, but the security issues worry me.

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